Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 48

The Greatness of the Gaṅgā

Gaṅgāmāhātmya

Devanagari script

हरिशंकरयोर्मध्ये ब्रह्मणश्चापि यो नरः । भेदं करोति सोऽभ्येति नरकं भृशदारुणम् ॥ ४८ ॥

Transliteration

hariśaṃkarayormadhye brahmaṇaścāpi yo naraḥ | bhedaṃ karoti so'bhyeti narakaṃ bhṛśadāruṇam || 48 ||

Translation

Whoever makes a distinction between Hari and Śaṅkara, and also between them and Brahmā, goes to a most dreadful hell.

Word by Word

• hari-śaṅkarayoḥ: of Hari and Śaṅkara
• hari-śaṅkarayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual; itaretara-dvandva

• madhye: between/in the midst
• madhye: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in the midst/between'

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-बोधक)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (अपि = also/even)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun

• naraḥ: man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; apposition to 'yaḥ'

• bhedam: difference
• bhedam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• karoti: makes
• karoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• abhyeti: goes to/attains
• abhyeti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (धातु) with prefix abhi-
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• narakam: hell
• narakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; goal

• bhṛśa-dāruṇam: exceedingly dreadful
• bhṛśa-dāruṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhṛśa (अव्यय) + dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; adjective qualifying 'narakam'

Speaker

Narrator (textual voice; not explicitly attributed in the verse itself)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Śaṅkara
• Brahmā
• Naraka

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